Nick Clegg

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said proven human rights abusers will be banned from attending the London 2012 Olympics as he condemned the 'scene of savagery' seen in the massacre of up to 32 children under the age of ten in Syria.

I recently returned from a trip Stateside where I satisfied an unedifying urge to watch as much Fox News as possible. As it turned out I couldn't take about more than five minutes of Fox and Friends before switching over to one of the other 3,000 channels, but it was enough time to appreciate one of the truths of conservative rolling news: Right-wingers can't go more than five minutes without directly contradicting something they themselves had only just said.

Downing Street adviser Adrian Beecroft has accused Vince Cable of being a 'socialist' who 'appears to do very little to support business' after he criticised a report submitting proposals to make it easier to fire British workers.

Somewhere in Whitehall sits a civil servant who is very keen on knowing what we are doing, with whom we are talking and how frequently we are doing so. Every time a government gets into power this civil servant reaches inside their very deep cabinet, hauls out a thick file, dusts it off and presents [...]

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has added to the growing criticism of justice secretary Ken Clarke's plans to hold more secret court hearings, after a damning report by MPs and peers said the new system would be 'inherently unfair'.

Nick Clegg has avoided an awkward vote on the government's controversial NHS reforms, after activists failed in a bid to have it added to the agenda for the Liberal Democrat spring conference in Gateshead.

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Nick Clegg has said he is proposing a 'tycoon tax' that will ensure the UK's wealthiest individuals all pay a minimum level of tax to make sure the Exchequer is not losing out as a result of private accountants' actions.

The belief that sexual attacks are more likely to be perpetrated by someone unknown to the victim is a misconception, Nick Clegg has told teenagers as the government launches a new hard-hitting advertising campaign to raise awareness of rape and sexual violence.